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EDP Renewables Expands Presence Into Australia

EDP Renewables (EDPR), a global leader in renewables, has expanded its Asia Pacific presence into Australia to tap into the country’s substantial growth prospects in renewable energy.

30 Jan 2024

SIHOT and LADE Facilitate Hotel EV Charging

Leading hotel management system, SIHOT, together with energy transition start-up LADE, is facilitating improved guest experiences with connected onsite electric vehicle (EV) charging hubs.

30 Jan 2024

Alpine Glacier Meltwater Washes Away Decades of Climate Data

As part of the Ice Memory initiative, PSI researchers, with colleagues from the University of Fribourg and Ca' Foscari University of Venice as well as the Institute of Polar Sciences of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), analyzed ice cores drilled in 2018 and 2020 from the Corbassière glacier at Grand Combin in the canton of Valais.

29 Jan 2024

Compact, Faster-Moving Storms More Likely to be Sensitive to Global Warming

A group from Nagoya University in Japan has found that larger, slower-moving typhoons are more likely to be resilient against global warming.

29 Jan 2024

Model Reveals How Microplastics May Bioaccumulate in the Galápagos Islands Food Web

Modeling shows how microplastics may bioaccumulate in the Galapagos Islands food web, with Galapagos penguins most affected, according to a study published January 24, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.

25 Jan 2024

New Study Paints a Grim Picture About Melting Glaciers in the European Alps

Even if global warming were to stop completely, the volume of ice in the European Alps would fall by 34% by 2050. If the trend observed over the last 20 years continues at the same rate, however, almost half the volume of ice will be lost as has been demonstrated by scientists from the University of Lausanne (UNIL, Switzerland) in a new international study.

25 Jan 2024

Urgent Action Needed as Groundwater Depletion Accelerates Worldwide

Groundwater is rapidly declining across the globe, often at accelerating rates. Writing in the journal Nature, UC Santa Barbara researchers present the largest assessment of groundwater levels around the world, spanning nearly 1,700 aquifers.

25 Jan 2024

Challenges and Solutions for Cesium Removal From Wastewater

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear catastrophe, set off by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, caused a significant discharge of radioactive substances, notably cesium, from the compromised nuclear reactors.

25 Jan 2024

Sustainable Logging: Overcoming Worldwide Flooding Concerns

It is time to adopt more sustainable forestry policies and practices and to acknowledge the role that healthy forests play in reducing the world’s rising flood danger.

25 Jan 2024

Landmark Study Sheds Light on PFAS Threat in German Drinking Water

In a landmark study (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eehl.2023.08.004) published in "Eco-Environment & Health" (Volume 2, 2023), researchers screened German drinking water for 26 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This effort, notably supported by residents, marks a significant step in understanding PFAS presence in drinking water.

24 Jan 2024